rosa, tell us more now that you ve gotten your bearings a little bit about the pope, about this moment for him, about what you saw. reporter: well, it was definitely a remarkable moment. we took off from santiago, cuba, and moments after we got off the ground pope francis came to the back of the plane and took five, six questions from journalists. you know, very calmlying he looks at you in the eye and thinks about his answers and then responds. he s spoken in spanish and also in italian. no english, jake, we haven t heard him speak english yet. we anticipate him to be speaking english before he speaks before congress. the headline from the plane, he got a question about him being a lefty or a communist priest and he said, that s not right. everything that i have always said is one with the social doctrine of the church. he said even the economic
thing i ll add. yes, jim? reporter: is just this is a serious security event, as you know. a cat of thousands to keep him safe. i ve been seeing a lot of smiles on the faces of the secret service here. they know they re witnessing a special moment as well. what s next on the docket for the pope after this arrival ceremony, jim? reporter: he s going to get a private meeting, jake, with the president and his family, a quiet moment, just the president there, the pope, his two daughters and of course the first lady with the white house photographer. you can also see the first lady s mother just behind her there. he s going to have that quiet moment before he then proceeds to downtown d.c. president obama has met with pope francis before in march 2014. they had a private meeting. they are said to have an
father rosica, the english language media attache for the vatican, tell us what this moment is look for you. you know the pope. you ve been part of the planning for this moment. it s an extraordinary moment. the joy is palpable, not only here, the joy in philadelphia, as we re waiting here, thousands, 17,000 delegates the world meeting of families watching this great event in philadelphia. the people of new york, very very happy that he s coming. what s happening here is, for the whole world. the world is watching this particular visit. for me personally, the holy father is the vicar of christ. he s our leader. he s our shepherd. when you know the shepherd, it makes an even bigger difference. his simplicity, authenticity, revolution of tenderness he spoke about in cuba and this revolution of normalcy that he s ushered in because what he s doing is the work of a pastor.
imperialism doctrine that i preach is in line with the social doctrine of the church, about the embargo. he said, he s not going to mention the embargo when he speaks before congress. he said that that was not going to be in the speech that he already wrote the speech and that he was not going to tell us what that was going to be on the plane. but he said he was going to talk about bilateral and multilateral agreements and how that is a sign of progress. now, jake, you re asking me earlier about the dissidents because of reports of dissidents arrested in havana, right after a mass and also at where the pope stays whenever he makes foreign visits. the pope didn t have knowledge of these arrests and when i followed up that question and said, what would you tell them, holy father, if you had the opportunity to speak with dissidents? and he said, i don t know, i
what our camera position is failing to pick up now, at rival of these cars. and the pope s motorcade, first ever visit by pope francis to the united states. he is only the fourth pope in the history of this country to visit the united states. jim sciutto joins us where the pope touched down, joint base andrews. jim, we were talking with pamela and renay about the extraordinary security precautions for this visit. heres the motorcade led by the metropolitan police department suv and more pulling up. reporter: i tell you, jake, that stretch of road where the papal rather the vatican residence is right across the street from the vice president s residence has to be one of the